Forming Technologies Inc.

Contents

▪ Introduction to CATNEST

▪ Demonstration

▪ Licensing

▪ Support

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 Introduction to CATNEST

▪ Automatically nests for best

material utilization for one-up and
two-up layouts

▪ Quickly and accurately estimates

your material requirements

▪ Evaluates multiple nesting

scenarios quickly

▪ Accurately determines total cost per

blank

▪ Will determine the material

utilization for many types of cut-off
dies

▪ Fully integrated into CATIA V5

native environment

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 Demonstration

CATNEST Analysis
▪ Open a File
▪ Cost Parameters
▪ Nesting Parameters
▪ Layout Parameters
▪ Layout Results
▪ Layout Editing

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 Open a File

▪ Open the file BasePlate.CATPart

▪ Switch to the FTI Blank Nesting workbench

▪ CATNEST uses parameters to input layout and cost parameters. In the Options window located
under the Tools menu, set the following options.

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 Cost Parameters

The next step in preparing the model for analysis is to define the cost parameters

▪Under the Parameters branch in the

specifications tree define the following
parameters.

Thickness = 1 mm

Base Material Cost = $0.77 / kg

Extra Material Cost = $0.10 / kg

Scrap Value = $0.01 / kg

Consumables = $0.05 / blank

Production Volume = 500,000 blanks

TotalDieCost1 = $50,000

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 Cost Parameters Definitions

Extra Material Cost - any other material costs measured per unit weight of material.
e.g., lubricants, coatings, handling, etc.

Scrap Cost - the value of the scrap material

Consumables - any additional costs that cannot be measured in $/kg. e.g., electricity,
labour, etc.

Total Production Volume - the annual number of blanks that will be produced or the
total number of blanks on a program basis.

TotalDieCost1 - the overall value of the die expressed in the current currency.

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 Nesting Parameters

▪ Select the Compute Nesting Layout icon

Note
A Blank Nesting.1 branch is added to the Specifications tree.

▪ In the Nesting Parameters window select Surface.1 as the First

Blank

▪ On the Layout Style tab select the following layouts

One-Up
Two-Up
Rectangular
Parallelogram
Chevron
Miter
Trapezoid

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 Layout Parameters

▪ In the Nesting Parameters window select the Layout

Parameters tab and specify

Part Edge Bridge: 3mm

Coil Edge Bridge: 3mm

▪ Select the OK button to calculate the specified layouts

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 Layout Parameters Definitions

Part Edge Bridge - the minimum distance between the nested blanks.

Coil Edge Bridge - the minimum distance between the nested blanks and the edge of the coil

Coil Edge Bridge Coil Edge

Part Edge Bridge

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 Layout Results

▪ The parameters listed under the Blank Nesting.1 branch are populated and the best layout based
on material utilization is displayed on the X-Y plane.

Note: For the Base Plate blank shape the best layout is the displayed two-up scenario that has a 77.8% material
utilization with a pitch of 240 mm and a coil width of about 430 mm

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 Additional Layout Results

▪ Additional layout results can be viewed in the

Results Table. Right click on the Blank
Nesting.1 branch and select Table Results.

▪ To view other layout results, double click on the row for that result in the Results Table
Note: - <1> is the displayed layout
- Columns can be sorted by selecting the column header

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 Additional Layout Results

The image on the right

was generated by
selecting the Width
column and then
double clicking on row
#38. This is a One-Up
layout with a width of
245.7mm

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 Layout Editing

▪ To manually edit the nest layout, right click on

the Blank Nesting.1 branch and select
Layout Editing.

▪ The option to select the Cluster To Be Edited is not available for one-up
layouts

▪ Use the Layout Editing controls to manually manipulate the displayed

nesting layout. The blanks and/or the coil edges can be moved.

▪ The translation of the blanks or the coil edges are with respect to the
model X and Y axis respectively.

▪ Rotation of the blanks are with respect to the model origin.

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 CATNEST Licensing

➢ To obtain a license, you must send Forming Technologies (FTI) your computers
Forming ID number.

➢ To get your Forming ID number double click on the lmformingid.txt file which can be
found in your CATNESTV5 directory.

➢ Send an email with your name, company name and Forming ID number to
support@forming.com and a license file will be emailed back to you.

➢ When you receive your license, place it in the C:\FTI\FTICATIAV5Rxx folder

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 Questions & Answers

▪ Sales & Marketing

sales@forming.com
905-340-2997

▪ Support
support@forming.com
905-340-2997

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